ping packet loss on FreeBSD

Vyeperman · 09-30-2003, 11:37 PM

I get packet loss just pinging sites I am a total noob but I would like to know how to fix this.... ( keep it simple if you can )

Dan Angelescu · 10-01-2003, 06:15 PM

Often this problem is due to the heavy traffic on the network.
If that is the reason you can't fix it.

Vyeperman · 10-02-2003, 08:23 AM

hmmm Just one other computer and ther eisn't heavy traffic... just me using my personal computer browsing and such.....

Dan Angelescu · 10-04-2003, 12:35 AM

If you ping external sites maybe that's the problem because you use an external network where it may be heavy traffic.If you ping a computer on an internal network it may be a hardware problem:
network cards ,switches ,hubs ,cables ,etc or even a software problem on that computer.

Vyeperman · 10-04-2003, 12:58 AM

O ok thank you my ping inside network is 100% but to like yahoo.com ( is where is tested ) i got a 7% loss and i had never seen that before so it worried me thanks so much!